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Index
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Aaron, Ben
ABC
abortion
Afghanistan
African Americans
Agnew, Spiro
AIDS
Ailes, Roger
Air Force One
airport screening
air traffic controllers strike
Albert, Eddie
Allen, Richard
Alzheimer’s disease
Anderson, John
Andropov, Yuri
Ankerson, Ardis
anticommunism
Argentina
Arlington National Cemetery
astrology
Autry, Gene
Ayres, Lew
Baker, Howard
Baker, James III
Barletta, John
baseball
BBC
Bedtime for Bonzo (film)
Beirut
Benny, Jack
Berlin Wall
Black Panthers
Blair House
Bloomingdale, Betsy
Bogart, Humphrey
Bolivia
“Born in the U.S.A.” (song)
Boyle, James
Bradlee, Ben
Bradley, Bill
Brady, James
shooting of, and aftermath
Brazil
Bremer, Arthur
Brezhnev, Leonid
Brother Rat (film)
Bryan, William Jennings
Buchanan, Pat
Buckley, William
Buckley, William F., Jr.
Burger, Warren
Burns, George
Bush, Barbara
Bush, George H. W.
1988 presidential election
as vice president
Bush, George W.
Caddell, Pat
Cagney, James
California
Reagan as governor of
see also Hollywood
Camp David
Cannon, Jim
Carson, Johnny
Carter, Jimmy
Iran hostage crisis and
1976 presidential election
1980 presidential campaign
Playboy interview
as president
Carter, Rosalynn
Carvin, Michael Lance
Casey, William
Castro, Fidel
CBS
Central America
Chapman, Mark David
Chase, Chevy
Cheney, Dick
Chicago Cubs
China
CIA
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
CNN
Colbert, Claudette
Cold War
end of
Colombia
Communism
fall of
Hollywood and
Soviet
Congress
HUAC hearings
Connally, John
Coolidge, Calvin
Cooper, Gary
Corbin, Paul
Cox, Edward
Cronkite, Walter
Crusade for Freedom
Cuba
Culvahouse, A. B.
Dark Victory (film)
Davis, Bette
Davis, Loyal
Davis, Patti
Playboy interview
Dean, James
Dean, John
Deaver, Michael
de Cordova, Fred
Delahanty, Thomas
Democratic Party
De Niro, Robert
deVeau, Leslie
Dole, Bob
Donaldson, Sam
Donovan, Raymond
economy
Reagan policies
Edwards, Penny
Egypt
Eisenhower, Dwight
El Salvador
Falklands War
FBI
Fénykövi elephant
Ferraro, Geraldine
film industry. See Hollywood; specific films, actors, directors, and studios
Flynn, Errol
football
Ford, Betty
Ford, Gerald
background of
1976 presidential campaign
Reagan and
Ford, John
Foster, Jodie
Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky”
Gable, Clark
Galtieri, Leopoldo
General Electric Theater (TV show)
Gergen, David
Germany
Berlin Wall
Giordano, Joseph
Goldwater, Barry
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Grant, Cary
Great Britain
Falklands War
10 Downing Street
Grenada invasion
Griscom, Thomas
Gulick, Robert and Sally
guns
Haig, Alexander
shooting of Reagan and
Hall, Fawn
Heckler, Margaret
Hezbollah
Hinckley, Jack and Jo Ann
Hinckley, John, Jr.
arrest for gun possession
assassination attempt on Reagan, and aftermath
background of
Jodie Foster and
mental illness and withdrawal from society
plan to kill Reagan
in prison
Hinerfeld, Ruth
Hitchens, Christopher
Hitler, Adolf
Holden, William
Hollywood
Communism and
politics and
Reagan’s film career
Screen Actors Guild
homosexuality
Hoover, Herbert
Hoover, J. Edgar
Hope, Bob
Hopper, John
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Humphrey, Hubert
Illinois
“Image of America and the Youth of the World, The” (Town Meeting of the World debate)
immigration
inflation
interest rates
Iowa
Iran
1979 hostage crisis
shah of
Iran-Contra scandal
Iraq
Israel
jellybeans
Johnson, Lyndon
Kelly, Gene
Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee “Jackie”
Kennedy, John F.
assassination of
in Berlin
1960 presidential election
Kennedy, Robert F.
assassination of
Kennedy, Ted
Chappaquiddick incident
1980 pr
esidential campaign
Kerry, John
KGB
Khomeini, Ayatollah
Khrushchev, Nikita
Killers, The (film)
King’s Row (film)
Kissinger, Henry
Knute Rockne All American (film)
Kohl, Helmut
Kopechne, Mary Jo
Kramer, Stanley
labor unions
Larson, Christine
Las Vegas
Laurie, Piper
Lebanon
Lennon, John
Lincoln, Abraham
MacArthur, Douglas
Mailer, Norman
Manson, Charles
McCarthy, Joseph
McCarthy, Tim
McCord, James
media. See press; radio; television
Meese, Edwin
MGM
military
Beirut bombings
Grenada invasion
Reagan’s service in
Mitterrand, François
Mondale, Walter
1984 presidential campaign
Monroe, Marilyn
moon landing
Morley, Karen
“Morning in America” commercials
Mudd, Roger
Muslim extremism
NASA
National Institute of Mental Health
National Review
Neal, Patricia
Nelson, Ricky
Newsweek
New York Times
Nicaragua
Nixon, Pat
Nixon, Richard
funeral of
1960 presidential campaign
1962 California gubernatorial race
1968 presidential election
1972 presidential election
Reagan and
resignation of
Watergate and
Nofziger, Lyn
North, Oliver
nuclear weapons
Obama, Barack
oil
price controls
O’Neill, Thomas “Tip”
Opfer, George
Pakistan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Parr, Jerry
Parsons, Louella
Patton, George
Powell, Colin
Powell, Jody
presidential elections:
of 1960
of 1964
of 1968
of 1972
of 1976
of 1980
of 1984
of 1988
of 2000
press
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO)
Quigley, Joan
radio
Rather, Dan
Reagan, Christine
Reagan, Jack
Reagan, Maureen
Reagan, Michael
Reagan, Nancy
background of
breast cancer of
clothing of
extravagance in White House
film career
as First Lady
ice queen reputation
leaves White House
life after Reagan’s death
marriage to Reagan
Reagan’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and
Reagan’s death and
Reagan’s political career and
vs. Don Regan
shooting of Reagan, and aftermath
Reagan, Nelle
Reagan, Ron, Jr.
Reagan, Ronald
age issue
Alzheimer’s of
anticommunist views
army service
assassination attempt and aftermath
becomes president
becomes a Republican
childhood of
death of
domestic policy
early interest in politics
as a father
film career
film career decline
finances of
Ford and
foreign policy
funeral of
as governor of California
Grenada invasion
hair of
head injury
hearing problem
Hinckley plans assassination of
horses and
inauguration
Iran-Contra scandal
journal of
leaves White House
marriage to Jane Wyman
marriage to Nancy Davis
memorization skills
mental and physical decline
1976 presidential campaign
1980 presidential election
1984 presidential election
Nixon and
passivity and disengagement of
physical appearance
political style and routine
Presidential Library
ranch of
recovery after shooting
Screen Actors Guild and
Soviet policy
speeches of
on television
Thatcher and
Vegas career
as a womanizer
Regan, Don
religion
Republican Party
Republic Pictures
Revere, Anne
Robinson, Edward G.
Rockefeller, Nelson
Ronald Reagan, USS
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rumsfeld, Donald
Santa Fe Trail (film)
Saturday Night Live (TV show)
Schaack, Terry
Schlesinger, James
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Secret Service
Reagan assassination attempt and
September 11 terrorist attacks
Sheffield, HMS
Sheridan, Ann
Shultz, George
Sinatra, Frank
Sirica, John
Smith, Howard K.
Sorrell, Herb
South America
South Georgia Island
Soviet Union
Communist regime
economy
gulags
nuclear weapons
Reagan policy
Space Shuttle
Speakes, Larry
“The Speech”
Springsteen, Bruce
Stahl, Leslie
Stalin, Joseph
Stewart, Jimmy
Stockman, David
Stone, Marvin
suicide bombings
Taxi Driver (film)
Taylor, Patricia
television
1980 presidential debates
Reagan on
terrorism
Thatcher, Margaret
background of
death of
Falklands War
Gorbachev and
Reagan and
“A Time for Choosing” speech
Time magazine
torture
Tower Commission
Truman, Harry
unemployment
United Nations
Universal Studios
Vietnam War
voter turnout
Wallace, George
Wallace, Mike
Wall Street Journal
Walters, Barbara
Warner, Jack
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warsaw Pact
Washington Post
Washington Star
Watergate affair
Wayne, John
Weinberger, Caspar
White House
Reagan leaves
Resolute desk
Situation Room
Will, George
Wood, Natalie
World Vision
World War I
World War II
Wyman, Jane
fi
lm career
marriage to Reagan
yellow ribbon tradition
About the Authors
BILL O’REILLY is the anchor of The O’Reilly Factor, the highest-rated cable news show in the country. He is the author of many number-one bestselling books, including Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, and Killing Patton. You can sign up for email updates here.
MARTIN DUGARD is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history. He and his wife live in Southern California with their three sons. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraph
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Notes
Afterword
Last Word
Sources
Illustration Credits
Index
About the Authors
Also by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
Copyright
KILLING REAGAN: THE VIOLENT ASSAULT THAT CHANGED A PRESIDENCY. Copyright © 2015 by Henry Holt. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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